The document summarizes the work of the Visamo Kids Foundation in India. It provides education and support to underprivileged children to help them pursue their dreams. It highlights the stories of two students - Jignasha Rathod who overcame adversity to go to college, and Sanjay Parmar who was admitted to a prestigious design school despite having dyslexia. It also discusses the foundation's plans to upgrade their playground by installing a rubber flooring surface for improved safety and play. The Visamo Kids Foundation currently supports 92 children between ages 5-17.

1. Ahmedabad, India
Ahmedabad
You Are Here
Visamo Kids Foundation | Objective: Playground Surface

2. Is this India?
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Construction began in the
year 1632 and took 22 years
to finish.

3. Or Is this India?
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There are 2,226 wild tigers in
India now; up from 1,411
seven years ago.

4. Or is this India?

5. Or is this India?

6. The Great Indian Paradox – Affluence By the Numbers
7th
# of billionaires
7%
GDP Growth
1,000
Films produced
annually by
Bollywood
300 million
people
Middle and
upper-middle
class
>$300 billion
Commodity exports

7. The Great Indian Paradox – Poverty By the Numbers
32%
Below poverty
line
63rd
Global Hunger
Index
20%
Of the world’s
undernourished
population
11 million
“street kids”
12 million to
60 million
Underprivileged
kids

8. Visamo Kids Foundation
92 Kids from
underprivileged
backgrounds
41 boys
51 girls

9. Visamo Kids Foundation
They laugh
They love
They dream

10. Visamo Kids Foundation
They are loved
They are nurtured
They become confident

11. Visamo Kids Foundation
Visamo educates
Visamo encourages
Visamo gives them hope

12. The Story of Jignasha Rathod
• Daughter of a laborer
• Came to Visamo when she was 7
• She loves music and loves to dance
• She is good at Mathematics
• She is now 18 and will “graduate” in 3 months
• She is off to college

13. A few quotes from Jignasha Rathod
• “…the loud laughter in our room, the ringing sound of the bell,
the pani-puri stall near the street, the long-lasting gossip, late
nights on Sundays, us girls harassing one another, breaking
rules….and the list continues.”
• “…I will long to be with my friends at Visamo, a happy place, a
sunny place, easy going with every familiar corner etched in my
memory…I took it for granted for so many years.”

14. The final quote from Jignasha Rathod
• “When I joined Visamo, my father used
to drink a lot. I told him a lot but he
never listened. He used to beat my
mom and brothers, but for him I was
everything. When I learned that
people die of addiction, I decided to
tell him for the last time, and told him
not to drink, that I loved him a lot and
would never like to lose him. So, finally
he stopped it. Now it has been almost
5 to 6 years that father stopped it and
we are living a happy life.”

15. Sanjay Parmar – A Success story
• Sanjay was detected with dyslexia
• He was admitted to a “special” school through Delhi Public
Schools
• Sanjay cleared the entrance exam for National Institute of
Design (NID) and is currently in his second year
• NID is the most prestigious design schools in India
• The seek evidence of perception, attitude, aptitude,
achievement and motivation essential for a design career

16. Other snippets of success
Jitendra Waghela opposed his sister’s “early”
marriage. He succeeded.
Rinki Shetty has gone on to study performing arts
at MS University in Baroda; she is a freshman and
recently ranked FIRST in her batch; all this while
working part-time as a choreographer. Rinki wants
to be an educator!

17. The Current Playground
• 1260 sq ft
• Uneven dirt with holes
• Two soak wells, two
manhole covers

18. The Future Playground
• Relocate underground drainage lines
• Prep ground
• Lay RCC slab
• Lay EPDM (recycled rubber) flooring on top of RCC
• 30mm base with 6mm EPDM layer
• Total cost = $14,000

19. Visamo Kids Foundation
• 92 kids ages 5 to 17
• 41 boys
• 51 girls
• Sponsored Kids = 63
• Unsponsored Kids = 29
• Comprehensive Sponsorship Cost = Rs. 60,000 or $1,000 per year

20. Thank You
G. Parekh
g.parekh@parsus.com
Mobile: 602.617.7345
Board Member, Pipeline Worldwide